The acclaimed pop artist, who has died at age 93, specialised in monumental sculptures where mundane objects suddenly became larger than life
Artist Claes Oldenburg visiting MUMOK Vienna to plan his exhibition 2011.
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American Pop-art sculptor, best known for his giant sculptures of everyday objects. A few of his notable works include Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks and Spoonbridge and Cherry, the latter of which he collaborated on with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen.
In elementary school I had the same art teacher from Kindergarden through the 5th grade. One year, she taught us about pop art. She told us to think of ordinary objects that we could make out of clay, so I made a glass 7 up bottle with a crack in it. (I decided since pop art was a movement from the
Sculptor Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929) with his sculpture Standing Mit with Ball (1973) and art dealer Leo Castelli, with his Dalmatian “Paddy Boy” in the Leo Castelli Gallery, ca. 1973. Leo Castelli Gallery records. Digital ID: 9413 No known coyright restrictions. In addition to Flickr Terms of Use, the Terms of Use of the Smithsonian Institution also apply. View original source on the Archives of American Art’s Website
In elementary school I had the same art teacher from Kindergarden through the 5th grade. One year, she taught us about pop art. She told us to think of ordinary objects that we could make out of clay, so I made a glass 7 up bottle with a crack in it. (I decided since pop art was a movement from the
From Marseille, France, to Melbourne, Australia, to Vancouver to New York City, AD surveys the world’s most powerful public sculptures
Claes Oldenburg
Cleveland's celebrated "Free Stamp" sculpture, a Pop Art masterpiece by Claes Oldenburgh and Coosje van Bruggen, is undergoing a fresh round of repairs courtesy of BP America, which donated the work to the city in 1989.
Hier sind 10 der bekanntesten Pop Art Künstler und ihre Werke in einer Übersicht. Von Andy Warhol, über Yayoi Kusama, bis hin zu David Hockney.
With his saggy hamburgers, colossal clothespins and giant plugs, Oldenburg is king of Pop sculpture.
A l’occasion du festin de Bach qui se déroule ce dimanche au Château de Chillon (VD) et en direct sur Espace 2, retour sur les origines très anciennes d'une histoire d'amour entre art et gastronomie.
mehmet ali uysal VS claes oldenburg
